The Journey to the East Author:Hilda Rosner (Translator), Hermann Hesse The Journey to the East is the story of a youthful pligrimage that seemingly failed. As the book opens, the narrator is engaged in writing the chronicle of this remembered adventure -- the central experience of his youth. As he becomes immersed in retelling the chronicle, the writer realizes that only he has failed, that the youthful pi... more »lgrimage continues in a shining and mysterious way.« less